Corset for soldiers.



I E. MARX.

CORSET FOR SOLDIERS. APPLICATION FILED MAR-16. 191a.

Patented Oct. 22, 1918.

EMERICH MARX, OF WETONKA, SOUTH DAKOTA.

CORSET FOR SOLDIERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 22, 1918.

Application filed March 16, 1918. Serial No. 222,846.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMERICI-I Minx, a subject of the King of Hungary, resident of IVetonka, county of McPherson, and State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Corsets for Soldiers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in corsets such as are adapted to be worn by soldiers and others as a defensive armor.

The principal objects of the invention are to provide a metallic armor suited to cover the breast and stomach, together with the sides of a wearer and adapted to deflect bullets, swords, thrusts and the like, directed against these vulnerable parts of the person.

A further object is to provide an armor corset which may be worn with entire comfort and which, due to its flexibility, does not interfere with the free action of the limbs or, by an excessive weight, add materially to the burden carried by the individual.

A still further object is to provide a corset armor which may be readily applied or re moved in a brief interval of time and worn within or without the ordinary articles of clothing.

These and other like objects are attained by the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawing, forming a material part of this disclosure, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an armor corset made in accordance with the invention and indicating its application, and

Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse sectional view taken on line 22 of Fig. 1.

The invention is comprised of two separate elements, respectively upper and lower, connected in front by a rigid bar so as to operate as a single garment. The upper element is comprised of two integrally formed sections, 10 and 11, joined at the rear 12, the sides 14, having openings 15, adapted to be applied below the shoulders of the wearer so as not to impede the free use of the arms for such purposes as may be desired.

At the extreme front the element 11, overlaps the element 10, the latter element having set at intervals therein rigid pins 17, the stems of which extend outwardly and are furnished with heads 18, adapted to pass through openings 19, formed in the side element 11, the head also passing through substantially cylindrical openings 20, formed in a vertical bar 21, slots 22 extending from the opening toward the free end of the bar, engageable with the shanks of the pins 17,

so that the latter can move freely therein.

The bar 21, is rigidly engaged along one of its margins with the side element 11 and the opposite edge is separated from the corresponding side section 10, by a narrow vertical strip 23, the length of the slots 22 being such that the garment can be adjusted to the person without discomfort, it being understood that the material of the breast plate is of a flexible, yielding nature and yet adapted to interpose an eflicient guard to divert bullets, swords and the like should they come in contact with it.

The extending lower end of the vertical bar 21, is engaged with the stomach band 25, so that the latter element is sustained thereby, the band being formed of resilient material and open at the back, so as to readily fit the body of the wearer, it being understood that the ends 26 of the band are sprung apart sufficiently for the body to enter.

Having thus described my invention and set forth the manner of its application and use what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a soldiers corset, the combination with a breast plate adapted to encircle the upper portion of the body and having openings receptive of the upper portion of the arms, of a stomach plate adapted to resiliently engage with a persons body, means for engaging said breast plate in position, and connections between said breast plate and said stomach plate.

2. In a soldiers corset, the combination with a resilient band of a flexible material suited to the breast and upper portion of the body, said band having over-lapping edges, pins rigidly set in one of the edges and'ex tending through slots formed in the other edge, a vertical bar firmly united with the outer edge of said breast plate and extending therebelow, slots formed in said vertical bar receptive of the heads of said pins, means for the entrance of the head through said slot, a second resilient band open at the back and adapted to engage with the lower portion of a persons body, and connection between the front of said second resilient band and said vertical bar whereby said band is supported.

3. In a soldiers corset the combination said bar containing openings receptive of the heads of said pins, slots Copies of this patent may be detained for five cents neeaoee extended from the mentioned openings en- 10 5 gageable with the stems of said pins and a second flexible band rigidly engaged at the front with said bar and open at the back, said second hand being in suspension by said bar.

in testimony whereof I have afixed my signature.

mansion MARX.

each, by addressing the Commissioner 0t Eatents,

Washington, G, 

